“Polo Mouth”—Is It Time to Reconsider Riding Technique in the Sport of Princes and Kings?

It had been almost 20 years since I’d seen the game played when I recently ventured near a polo field. A childhood friend had handled a string of ponies for a local player, and I distinctly remember the challenge of exercising them (rein, seat, and leg aids were a whole new, well, “ballgame”). To be [...]

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Kentucky-Derby-Winning Owner’s Rant Against Drugs in US Horse Racing Reminds Us of the Need to Conscientiously Transition Off-the-Track Thoroughbreds to a Life “Off” Steroids

It was with keen interest I scanned the piece in the New York Times yesterday on Team Valor International chief Barry Irwin’s blunt criticism of US Thoroughbred trainers. “At the heart of Irwin’s broad swipe at trainers,” writes Joe Drape, “was the use of medication — drugs given to keep horses running, to make them [...]

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2011 Road to the Horse Introduces a New Verb to Horse Training Vocabulary–and a Three-Time Winner

You gotta love the way the English language is changing, moment by moment, via online discourse and the perma-audience social media has established. Case in point is the Facebook feed regarding the 2011 Road to the Horse Legends Competition, featuring TSB author Clinton Anderson, Chris Cox, and Pat Parelli (and hosted by TSB author and [...]

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This Holiday Season Help Horses in Need

It is often part of our holiday tradition of “giving” to fill a basket with food or a stocking with toys for a family or child less fortunate than our own. One of the most wonderful aspects of the holiday season is that it inspires each of us to look around at what we have, [...]

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TSB Author’s Petition to End Rollkur

Sign the Heuschmann Petition and speak out against Rollkur!

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